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Rhode Island
The Rhode Island Board
Lauren Dyer
Lauren is a Juvenile Probation & Parole
Officer in the Division of Juvenile Correctional Services within the Department
for Children, Youth & Families (DCYF). She has held this position since 1989,
working initially in the Providence area, before transferring to the South
County office in 1995. Prior to working in Probation, Lauren was a Social
Caseworker II within the Child Protective Division of DCYF. She obtained her
MSW from Rhode Island College in 2000, and is licensed as a Licensed Independent
Clinical Social Worker (LICSW). Lauren has also been a member of DCYF’s
Critical Incident Stress Management Team since 2001.
Lauren became involved with NECCD in 2000 as
a member of the Rhode Island Board, and has been on the program committee since
2001. She currently serves as the NECCD President focusing on our
organization’s next Training Institute, For information you may contact Lauren
at
lauren.dyer@dcyf.ri.gov.
Susan Ellis Sweet
Susan Ellis Sweet is a past President of
NECCD (2002) and has served as Program Chair since 1996. She has represented
Rhode Island on the executive board since 1988.
Susan retired from the State of Rhode Island
after 28 years. She held a variety of positions within the child welfare agency
(DCYF) for 21 years including social caseworker, clinical training specialist,
and juvenile probation counselor. She transferred to the Dept of Corrections in
1993 to join the newly formed Domestic Violence Unit in Adult Probation and
eventually became the first supervisor in that unit. Susan participated in the
development of state standards for Batterers Intervention Programs and has
remained a member of the Domestic Violence Task Force.
Currently, Susan is in private practice in
Peace Dale, RI. She holds an MSW from Boston University School of Social Work
as well as an MA in Counseling from Rhode Island College. She is licensed in
both Massachusetts and Rhode Island as a clinical social worker. While she
works with all populations, Susan’s specialty areas are suicide prevention,
intervention, and working with survivors of completed suicide as well as
domestic violence and permanency planning for children in out of home
placements. She is the co-chair of the Task Force on Suicide Prevention through
the RI Dept of Health and a certified provider for RI DCYF.
Susan is the Board President for the
mentoring program in her community of South Kingstown, RI.
Most important, Susan is married to a former
juvenile probation administrator and supervisor, Joe Sweet. Together they
raised two sons and now are the proud grandparents.
Michele Pouliot
Michele Pouliot is an Adult Probation and
Parole Aide with the Rhode Island Department of Corrections, where she has been
since 2002. Prior to that, Michele was employed as a Senior Word Processing
Typist with the Juvenile Probation and Parole Division of the Department of
Children, Youth and Families. Michele has been an employee of the State of Rhode
Island since 1995. Michele is housed in her current position at the Kent County
Courthouse in Warwick, Rhode Island. Michele is also an employee of Vantage
Point, Inc., a psychotherapy agency where she is a group facilitator for a
Batter’s Intervention Program.
Michele has been a member of NECCD since 2001. She has been both an alternate
and a delegate on the executive board since 2001 as well. Michele is currently a
member of the Site Selection and Vendor Committees.
Lisa Blanchette
Lisa is a Probation Officer in the Cranston
Probation Office. She has been a probation officer since 2001. She has worked
for the probation department in several other positions since 1990. She was the
president of the Rhode Island Probation and Parole Association for 4 years.
She has been a member of NECCD since 2000 and
a member of the executive board since 2004. She is currently a member on the
Scholarship/Awards committee.
Laura Queenan
Laura is the Probation & Parole Aide in the
Rhode Island Interstate Compact Office, Adult Probation & Parole, Rhode Island
Department of Corrections. She has been in this position for the past 15 years.
Laura has been a member of the NECCD and on
the Rhode Island Board since 2000. She is currently a member of the Membership
Committee.
Dottie Defeo
Brad Morgan
The Rhode Island Department Of Corrections
The mission of the Rhode Island Department of
Corrections (RIDOC) is to contribute to public
safety by maintaining a balanced correctional
system of institutional and community programs
that provide a range of control and
rehabilitative options for criminal offenders.
Guiding Operational Philosophy
 | We shall maintain appropriate safe,
secure, and humane correctional environments
while providing for community-based
management, supervision, and intervention
services for criminal offenders.
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| We shall demonstrate the highest ethical
and professional standards in all our
operations
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| We are accountable to the public for our
operations and shall maintain cooperation
and open communications with law enforcement
agencies, governmental entities, and members
of the community.
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| We seek to foster a spirit of teamwork,
unity, and dedication. We actively strive to
maintain a diverse and culturally aware
workforce. We shall provide staff with
opportunities for personal and professional
growth through staff development,
recognition of staff achievements, and
encouragement.
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| Outcomes need to be measured; the
results should direct policy and planning.
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Values and Beliefs
The primary mission of the Department of
Corrections is to contribute to the protection
of the public. This principle forms the
foundation for policy, allocation of resources
and establishment of priorities, case management
decisions, organizational structure, and future
development. All Departmental values and beliefs
are shaped by this directive.
The Department of Corrections is committed
to managing offenders in a manner consistent
with public safety.
| Levels of confinement, control, and
supervision must be determined by
considering the law, the crime, the
offender, the victim, the community, and
available resources.
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| Offenders must be held accountable and
responsible for their offenses, including
the effects on victims.
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| Offenders are responsible for their
responses to intervention.
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| Public safety is enhanced through
partnerships with law enforcement, human
services agencies and community leaders.
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The highest ethical and professional
standards are fundamental to the success of the
Department.
| Department policy and program decisions
must be guided by considerations of public
safety, humaneness, effectiveness, and
quality.
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| Each member of the Department is
obligated to demonstrate the highest
standards of conduct.
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| Every individual -- community member,
staff, and offender -- has the right to be
treated with respect and dignity. |
The Department of Corrections is
responsible and accountable to members of the
community.
| The rights of victims and potential
victims of crime must be given priority
consideration in all Departmental programs
and decisions
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| The public has the right to be aware of
the range of Departmental services,
programs, functions, and operations.
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| The community should be involved with
the Department in problem solving; community
organizations, volunteers and
community-based agencies should play a role
in program development and service delivery.
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Reduction of crime and/or amelioration of
the effects of crime can be furthered through
appropriate efforts at rehabilitation.
| The potential of offenders to become
law-abiding and contributing members of
society may be enhanced through
intervention.
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| Opportunities for rehabilitation and
community integration should be provided to
the extent that is both feasible and
responsible, given resources and individual
capabilities.
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| The range of rehabilitative and control
options should be sufficient to offer a
reasonable opportunity for criminal
offenders to become more responsible. |
Goals
| To maximize community protection through
the institutional confinement of offenders
and appropriate levels of supervision in the
community.
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| To recognize and respect the rights and
needs of the victims of crime.
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| To involve community organizations,
volunteers, and outside professionals in
program development and service delivery.
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| To foster the best possible relations
with the public and all elements of the
Criminal Justice System.
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| To assist offenders in their
rehabilitative efforts by affording them the
opportunity to participate in essential
rehabilitative services in the institutions
and community.
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| To encourage offenders to become
accountable for their actions.
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| To enhance the continuum of community
and institutional services in order to
provide for appropriate management of
criminal offenders.
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| To employ, explore, and utilize
research, technology, equipment, planning,
and evaluation in the development of
programs and standards.
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| To provide ongoing staff development in
order to increase job performance,
abilities, and professional opportunities.
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| To promote a positive and safe work
environment characterized by the mutual
respect of all staff.
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| To act in accordance with the highest
ethical, legal, and professional standards.
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To visit the Rhode Island Department of Corrections home page click
here.
Juvenile Correctional Services
The Juvenile Corrections Division provides delinquent youth with rehabilitation
services aimed at helping them to lead safe, healthy and productive lives.
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Juvenile Programs
Rhode Island Training School (RITS) - is a highly structured, secure
residential facility where youth are placed by order of the Family Court on
a finding of waywardness or delinquency. The statutory responsibility of the
RITS is to rehabilitate youth remanded to its care. (401) 462-7200
Warren Hurlbut, Superintendent
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Juvenile Probation and Parole - works to rehabilitate youth in
the community to ensure public safety and full compliance with court orders and
conditions of probation. This Division supervises the adolescents placed on
probation by the Family Court.
Kevin P. McKenna, Asst. Administrator
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Regional Probation and Parole Units
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PROVIDENCE – EAST BAY/WARREN
Regina Gibb, Supervisor
Telephone: (401) 528-3524
FAX: (401) 528-2532
EAST BAY/WARREN
East Bay Government Center,
1 Joyce Street
Warren, RI 02885
Telephone: (main) (401) 245-8825
FAX: (401) 245-6280
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SOUTH COUNTY/NEWPORT
Regina Gibb, Supervisor
Telephone: (401) 782-4163
FAX: (401) 782-1890
SOUTH COUNTY UNIT
Howard McGrath Judicial Complex
4800 Tower Hill Road, Ste. 169
Wakefield, RI 02879-2245
Telephone: (401) 782-4160
FAX: (401) 782-1890
NEWPORT UNIT
Juvenile Probation
Florence K. Murray Judicial Complex
45 Washington Street
Newport, RI 02840
FAX: (401) 848-5342
Telephone: (401) 841-8360
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KENT COUNTY/CRANSTON UNIT
Jessica Nash, Supervisor
KENT COUNTY
222 Quaker Lane
Warwick, RI 02886
Telephone: (401) 822-4962
FAX: (401) 823-1220
CRANSTON
600 Howard Avenue
Cherrydale Court
Cranston, RI 02920
Telephone: (401) 462-6601
FAX # 462-6618
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PAWTUCKET/EAST PROVIDENCE – WOONSOCKET
Al Parker, Supervisor
Telephone: (401) 721-2610
PAWTUCKET UNIT
249 Roosevelt Avenue
Pawtucket, RI 02860-2121
721-2600 and 2601
FAX: (401) 721-2611
WOONSOCKET UNIT
191 Social Street
7th Floor
Woonsocket, RI 02895
Telephone: (401) 765-8253
FAX: (401) 766-8352
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SAFE STREETS PROVIDENCE -
JoAnn Hickey, Supervisor
Providence Public Safety Complex, RM P-325
325 Washington St
Providence, RI
Phone 222-1977
FAX # 222-1971
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JUVENILE PAROLE UNIT -
JoAnn Hickey, Supervisor
42-43 Cherrydale Court
Cranston, RI 02920
Phone 462-6603 Fax 462-6619
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